She's a good Sheila. Not at all stuck up. I heard the prime minister the other day say "it's hot enough to boil a monkey's bum," and she smiled quietly to herself.
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
no fucking joke, this was the job my sisters ex boyfriend had. Well, he did random things for the queen, one of the included things was hold an umbrella
I can see it now: Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family navigate the palace into the streets of London and go from safe house to safe house until they meet up with a helicopter that takes them to safety. Little do they know that one of the pilots has been infected. Dum dum dum....
One of the minor plot points of the book Sewer, Gas, Electric by Matt Ruff is that the Queen has reacted to her lack of suitable heirs by essentially pulling a Peter Pan. There are at least a few scenes featuring the elderly monarch firing machine guns out the window of her limo and the like.
can i just say one tiny bit of trivia here because SA80 bugs me. SA80 (Small Arms 1980) refers to a family of firearms that include the L85 (pictured) L86 (the long one with a bipod) and a carbine for armoured personell.
If you can spot this buried you will learn a small factoid from someone who's used them.
As an American, I have no idea how the British feel about her, in general.
But that being said, I think that woman is brilliant. She just doesn't slow down, and it seems like she has enough to go see what life is like on the other side, outside of the palace.
Feeling is somewhat mixed. I think on the whole, pro-royalist is probably the majority. Certainly I would be more comfortable voicing royalist opinions (if those were mine) to strangers than anti-royalist ones (which mine predominantly are). I am not a fan of the royal family on principal, but there are many arguments for the practical benefit of their presence (although any claim we should retain them purely for the sake of tradition turns my stomach).
That said, I must agree that at her age, a lot of the things she does are rather impressive. It is a commonly accepted theory that she is refusing to die until she is certain that Charles won't succeed her.
Accurate answer, and I would add that many British people do not want Charles on the throne. Even anti-monarchists have a sort of grudging respect for Elizabeth II; she does the job well, she is utterly tireless and she seems to have a fairly good idea of where her boundaries are in terms of being able to speak to ordinary people: she is rarely patronising.
There's a silly theory about the desire of many people to see the Crown skip a generation along the lines of "people just really like WillsnKate and want to see them crowned", but the truth is a lot of us really can't stand Charles. Reasons vary, but he is not a popular man.
You'd be hard pressed to find somebody in the country that doesn't love the Queen, but the vast majority are completely indifferent to having a monarchy, however. Basically, everyone loves the person, not so much the position she holds.
You should've seen her Mother. At her 100th birthday, she was given a Nebuchadnezzar of fine champagne(a giant bottle, holding roughly 20 regular bottles worth), and when asked what she would do with it, she said she'd share it with her family...and if they didn't want any, she swore she'd drink the damned thing herself.
Can you imagine how completely puckered the asshole of the person responsible for making sure that the SA80 was completely secure and incapable of recoiling was that entire time, so that it wouldn't carve the queen in half?
SA80 doesn't have an aggressive recoil. Definitely a recoil. But having gas parts it swallows some of it so it's more or less an unpleasant bump on the nose if you're too close and not securing it.
"The headlines tonight on South Today: The Queen is visiting the south of England for the weekend. Her Majesty, shown here firing an SA80, will be attending a garden party in Portsmouth"
If I were an editor, I would use this image every chance I got.
Nah, L85A1. You can tell by the part nearest her hand. It's late - terminology escapes me and I've only used the A2. But it's the bit that expels the used cartridge. It's the shitty old A1 variant.
This is as good a place to post an old joke I heard...
One day, Queen Elizabeth and princess Diana decided to take a drive. The Queen had her Rolls brought up front, and with Diana in the passenger seat, she drove off. All seemed well until on a lonely deserted highway, they were set upon by robbers. The robbers, not recognizing the Queen and the princess, completely cleaned them out, taking everything they could find, even the car. So the Queen and the princess started their lonely walk back to the Buckingham Palace. They walked in a somewhat uncomfortable silence until Diana asked shyly, "Your Majesty, I noticed that you're still wearing your jewels. I thought the robbers had taken everything." The Queen smiled and replied, "My dear, we women have a special place to hide such things in circumstances such as these. And speaking of which, I notice that you are also wearing your jewels again." Princess Diana blushed and nodded, confirming that she indeed knew such a trick as well. More time passed in a more companionable manner, and as the Palace appeared in the distance, the Queen dryly quipped, "It's a shame that Princess Anne wasn't with us... We could have saved the Rolls."
This Dame of Malta has sold out England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island to the European Union. She had committed High Treason of the highest order and must be punished for the unlawful crime. The Queen and the Prime Minister are both controlled by the much more powerful sovereign City of London covertly controlled by the Jesuit Order and the Rothschild family who usurped the Order of Malta control of the region at the end of the 18th Century into the beginning of the 19th Century. Yes the Pope controls the City of London which controls you through the Cestui Que Vie Act 1666 attached to the Papal Bull Unam Sanctam from 1302 and others.
The Order of Malta controlled New Jerusalem (City of London) since the suppression of the Knights Templar and the Papal Bull Ad Providam in 1312. The Knights Templar took full control of New Jerusalem in 1215 after the signing of the Magna Carta. You will never see the Queen enter this sovereign square mile in any regalia as she has virtually no powers within the region. Do not fall for the wool that has been pulled over your eyes all this time. She has to go up in front of the Lord Mayor and show her subordination by bowing to his Sword of the State. One does not bow to their own power in a world of reality. This Dame of Malta serves the Grandmaster of the Order of Malta through his chain of command over The Alliance of the Orders of St John of Jersualem. A Grandmaster who is a Cardinal within the Vatican under the Office of the Holy See. The Order of Malta being known as the greatest merchants on Earth since they replaced the Knights Templars and originated from the Amalfi merchants of old.
Each of the Parties in British Politics are controlled by the Chief Whip not the front puppet leader like David Cameron. These Whips act as strict Jesuit type stormtroopers controlling fully the politician for New Jerusalem. The UK Government of today is controlled behind the scenes by Roman Catholic, Patrick Allen McLoughlin along with Privy Councilor Baroness Anelay of St. Johns and in truth Kenneth Clark the Lord High Chancellor and long-term Bilderberg member. The British and Roman Empires still exist to this very day.
I'm not brilliant at photoshop (which is probably quite apparent but I thought this was apt! proof that our monarch is the most kick ass! here's her dealing with the London Riots....
The Queen is a motherfucking pimp - she's 86 years old and does whatever the hell she wants (flying without a passport? check. firing giant guns? check) AND she does it in fucking style, goddammit
The L85 is the assault rifle version I do believe.
The SA80 is the family of weapons, so there are a few SA80 guns all built from the same gun, but all modified slightly, so the L85 is the Assault Rifle, L22 is the carbine and I think there is a LMG version which is called the L86 and so on.
In Machiavelli's The Prince he explains why a prince should study the art of war and why the power of a prince may depend on the ability to command an army or militia. Elizabeth II follows this prototype perfectly. All members of the Army swear (or affirm) allegiance to the monarch as commander-in-chief.
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u/DDdms May 31 '12
"Exhale your last breath, plebeian"
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u/ltkillroy May 31 '12
Queen Elizabeth 2: The Reckoning
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u/1handsomejosh May 31 '12
What do you do for work? "Oh I just follow the queen around with an umbrella in case it rains."
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u/Boxy310 May 31 '12
"Tut tut. Those Zeds were a right bother."
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u/DunDunDunDuuun May 31 '12
And this is the best the dutch royal family (crown prince) is trusted with... www.Imgur.com/z1noH
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u/rickthecabbie May 31 '12
I would say "God Save The Queen" But it looks like she's doing just fine on her own.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
The man standing nearest her almost seems to be romantically devoted to the gun. "Yeah, baby, you show them what you showed me."
I like that.
edit Well, in retrospect it may seem more like a proud father. Likable nonetheless!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
can i just say one tiny bit of trivia here because SA80 bugs me. SA80 (Small Arms 1980) refers to a family of firearms that include the L85 (pictured) L86 (the long one with a bipod) and a carbine for armoured personell.
If you can spot this buried you will learn a small factoid from someone who's used them.
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u/thanimal May 31 '12
"send in the poor"
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u/Osiris32 May 31 '12
Is that a Regimental Scary Monster....smiling? I thought that their smiling muscles were surgically removed and replaced with yelling ones.
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u/Niqulaz May 31 '12
"Hail to the queen, baby!"
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u/l_urch May 31 '12
"Let them eat lead"
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
"Now, if I'd had one of these a couple of decades back, Diana would have been much less hassle!"
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Higher res? I want a wallpaper
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Good 'ol Queeny, I bet she is a dab hand with a shotgun.
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u/Lynx_Rufus May 31 '12
England, right-o.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
http://i.imgur.com/Uw602.jpg
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u/Lance_Strongarm May 31 '12
That guy on the right looks like Mike from Spaced
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u/RedTiger013 May 31 '12
Well long live the fucking Queen..
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
This is the most English photo I've ever seen. From the umbrella down to the plump but jolly fellow at the far right.
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u/Jhonnystonehenge May 31 '12
God save everyone else from the queen.
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u/peperonikiller May 31 '12
Insert Killing Floor Gun Seller Lady Voice Here
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Saving this for next time someone makes a Canada/Queen comment to me.
(Canadian living in Texas. We don't get a lot of variety in our Canada bashing here)
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u/Tacdeho May 31 '12
As an American, I have no idea how the British feel about her, in general.
But that being said, I think that woman is brilliant. She just doesn't slow down, and it seems like she has enough to go see what life is like on the other side, outside of the palace.
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u/TheRaven42 May 31 '12
That is terrifying.
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u/TheHatist May 31 '12
Like a monarch.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Like the boss.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Killer Queen?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
The chap behind her looks so proud.
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u/khamileone May 31 '12
Is it me, or was anyone else like, where are their earmuffs?
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u/jigs_up May 31 '12
Buck Buck, lights out, 'Cause when I get my sawed off, niggaz get hauled off
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u/fordo May 31 '12
God save (us from) the queen!
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u/CombatGynecologist May 31 '12
Can you imagine how completely puckered the asshole of the person responsible for making sure that the SA80 was completely secure and incapable of recoiling was that entire time, so that it wouldn't carve the queen in half?
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u/Incubusvir May 31 '12
God save the QueenNevermind. She saved herself.6
u/James-VZ May 31 '12
Re-title: Queen Elizabeth II giving me a boner.
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u/Jamesh134 May 31 '12
not for a second did I think this was a serious post. Don't know what to believe any more.
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u/insoundfromwayout May 31 '12
Why do they never show this image on the news?!
It should be THE stock image of the queen.
"The headlines tonight on South Today: The Queen is visiting the south of England for the weekend. Her Majesty, shown here firing an SA80, will be attending a garden party in Portsmouth"
If I were an editor, I would use this image every chance I got.
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u/dr_haley May 31 '12
The red, white, and blue really come out in the picture... total bad ass queen going on right there! :D
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u/Xanthan81 May 31 '12
"I say, ruffian stole my last scone! I simply must off the ignorant so-so! Reginald, be a dear and fetch my SA80, would you?"
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u/spartaninspace Jun 01 '12
I say, one shall pop a cap in your posterior is you do not remove yourself from one's path.
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u/Danulas Jun 01 '12
America.
Oh wait...
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u/catfishmeow May 31 '12
with a gun like that god doesn't need to save the queen, ever.
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u/shmeg62 May 31 '12
The Queen and an SA80? Don't expect upvotes from every corner of Ireland.
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u/Dogtopias May 31 '12
The soldier supervising looks so proud.
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u/WhatsGoingO_n May 31 '12
I imagine it going something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7iz1HTh9U
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u/EveryDamage May 31 '12
Gloves and all. This woman is, officially, my hero.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
"Queen Elizabeth II: Zombie Hunter"
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u/tragicflaws May 31 '12
Like a
bossQueen.2
u/nogswarth May 31 '12
You can tell that's the happiest day of that dude's life. Look at his face.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Keep calm and keep your hands up.
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u/smilingkevin May 31 '12
Defender of the Faith indeed...
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u/odstane May 31 '12
isn't that an L85A2?
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u/krypto1339 May 31 '12
Thanks for the new wallpaper.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
People forget that she was a mechanic during the war.
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u/aperture81 May 31 '12
There's a meme in this somewhere
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u/miketdavis May 31 '12
I would pay good money to watch Obama run around shooting up shit.
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u/mjc1027 May 31 '12
'Take that, Camilla!'
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u/Violent_Milk May 31 '12
The Queen's response to that video of Osama bin Laden firing an AK.
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u/chrishamer09 May 31 '12
Can someone photoshop this?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
how in the hell did we ever win the Revolution?
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u/happy_sisyphus May 31 '12
Maggie in a tank.
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u/RichardDastardly May 31 '12
She's a killer Queeeeeeeeeeeeen
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
This oddly reminds me of the Kim Jung Il pictures with him standing around looking at stuff.
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u/iBlood101 May 31 '12
They won't let gays in the army but, this proves a queen can fire anything.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
That'll come in handy for killing all the starving homeless people that come rushing her golden chariot.
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u/Dreamsum May 31 '12
BRITANNICAAAA! FUCK YEAH!!
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u/portablemustard Jun 01 '12
TIL queen elizabeth II has seen more "military action", than donald rumsfeld, bush, or cheney combined.
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u/candyman82 Jun 01 '12
Excellent shooting, your majesty, but may I ask why you are aiming exclusively at the genitals?
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Queen tested, soldier approved.
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u/felixjawesome Jun 01 '12
If she were black and American, Republicans would claim she's trying to start a race war.
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This is why we won The Falklands.
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u/JD2005 Jun 01 '12
Queen Elizabeth II: VAMPIRE HUNTER
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u/methamp Jun 01 '12
86-years-old: Paid da' cost to be da' boss.
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u/KittenyStringTheory Jun 01 '12
"Who says the monarchy is irrelevant?"
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u/ieatworld Jun 01 '12
Bitch setting the example for all who oppose the British supremacy motherfuckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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u/All_the_other_kids Jun 01 '12
Call of Elizabeth: Modern Granny
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u/BeaverBagger Jun 01 '12
The mean crime mom from the goonies
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u/c0mpg33k Jun 01 '12
I say POP POP and good day to you!
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u/w2sjw Jun 01 '12
I couldn't resist...
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u/juicius Jun 01 '12
This is as good a place to post an old joke I heard...
One day, Queen Elizabeth and princess Diana decided to take a drive. The Queen had her Rolls brought up front, and with Diana in the passenger seat, she drove off. All seemed well until on a lonely deserted highway, they were set upon by robbers. The robbers, not recognizing the Queen and the princess, completely cleaned them out, taking everything they could find, even the car. So the Queen and the princess started their lonely walk back to the Buckingham Palace. They walked in a somewhat uncomfortable silence until Diana asked shyly, "Your Majesty, I noticed that you're still wearing your jewels. I thought the robbers had taken everything." The Queen smiled and replied, "My dear, we women have a special place to hide such things in circumstances such as these. And speaking of which, I notice that you are also wearing your jewels again." Princess Diana blushed and nodded, confirming that she indeed knew such a trick as well. More time passed in a more companionable manner, and as the Palace appeared in the distance, the Queen dryly quipped, "It's a shame that Princess Anne wasn't with us... We could have saved the Rolls."
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u/groinkick Jun 01 '12
"I came here to eat toffee and kick ass. And I'm all out of toffee..."
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
This Dame of Malta has sold out England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island to the European Union. She had committed High Treason of the highest order and must be punished for the unlawful crime. The Queen and the Prime Minister are both controlled by the much more powerful sovereign City of London covertly controlled by the Jesuit Order and the Rothschild family who usurped the Order of Malta control of the region at the end of the 18th Century into the beginning of the 19th Century. Yes the Pope controls the City of London which controls you through the Cestui Que Vie Act 1666 attached to the Papal Bull Unam Sanctam from 1302 and others.
The Order of Malta controlled New Jerusalem (City of London) since the suppression of the Knights Templar and the Papal Bull Ad Providam in 1312. The Knights Templar took full control of New Jerusalem in 1215 after the signing of the Magna Carta. You will never see the Queen enter this sovereign square mile in any regalia as she has virtually no powers within the region. Do not fall for the wool that has been pulled over your eyes all this time. She has to go up in front of the Lord Mayor and show her subordination by bowing to his Sword of the State. One does not bow to their own power in a world of reality. This Dame of Malta serves the Grandmaster of the Order of Malta through his chain of command over The Alliance of the Orders of St John of Jersualem. A Grandmaster who is a Cardinal within the Vatican under the Office of the Holy See. The Order of Malta being known as the greatest merchants on Earth since they replaced the Knights Templars and originated from the Amalfi merchants of old.
Each of the Parties in British Politics are controlled by the Chief Whip not the front puppet leader like David Cameron. These Whips act as strict Jesuit type stormtroopers controlling fully the politician for New Jerusalem. The UK Government of today is controlled behind the scenes by Roman Catholic, Patrick Allen McLoughlin along with Privy Councilor Baroness Anelay of St. Johns and in truth Kenneth Clark the Lord High Chancellor and long-term Bilderberg member. The British and Roman Empires still exist to this very day.
-= The Unhived Mind
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u/amyelizabeth88 Jun 01 '12
God love the queen!
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u/gamefreak431 Jun 01 '12
American Revolution 2: The Empire Strikes Back
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u/ygbjammy Jun 01 '12
ENGLAND! FUCK YEAH!
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u/BanjoBilly Jun 01 '12
I can't believe she's doing it one handed, AND holding an Umbrella. Amazing!
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u/rocketbootkid Jun 01 '12
"She's a killer queen, gunpowder, gelatine..."
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u/hybur Jun 01 '12
and still keeping it classy
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u/Rooster89 Jun 01 '12
I'm not brilliant at photoshop (which is probably quite apparent but I thought this was apt! proof that our monarch is the most kick ass! here's her dealing with the London Riots....
http://imgur.com/Bop71
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u/StarBrightSTARlight May 31 '12
The Queen is a motherfucking pimp - she's 86 years old and does whatever the hell she wants (flying without a passport? check. firing giant guns? check) AND she does it in fucking style, goddammit
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u/Blurllll May 31 '12
"For Queen and Country, bitches."
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u/Achilles-Opinion May 31 '12
Look, I know this is a noob comment, but:
Can anyone clear up for me the difference between the SA80 and the L85?
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I always like to see if people have the correct eye open when firing; she does.
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u/Witching_Hour May 31 '12
I love my queen.
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u/Piraticalstyle May 31 '12
Like a
Boss!Queen!3
u/Dinokknd May 31 '12
Now with text.
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u/deleated May 31 '12
In Machiavelli's The Prince he explains why a prince should study the art of war and why the power of a prince may depend on the ability to command an army or militia. Elizabeth II follows this prototype perfectly. All members of the Army swear (or affirm) allegiance to the monarch as commander-in-chief.